The mother of one stepped away from the limelight after struggling with the pressures of touring. Furtado explains: “At the height of my career, it was super exciting – but I took too much on. A mother on the road trying to maintain a relationship; I cried on stage.”

In the past few years since her last album release, Furtado has worked in a record store and she also went back to college to study play-writing.

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Speaking to the “Loose Women” about needing to find a balance between fame and time away from the limelight, Furtado says: “Sometimes you just want to sit home and bake muffins for your daughter, clean my toilet, having a moment to yourself.”

The “Maneater” singer added: “It’s great to have your career take off and have those blessings, but if you don’t have that time, when you give and give you crash.”